Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says the LORD; Execute all of you judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 22:22All of you shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Leviticus 19:15All of you shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbour.
Deuteronomy 16:18Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Deuteronomy 24:7If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and makes merchandise of him, or sells him; then that thief shall die; and you shall put evil away from among you.
Deuteronomy 25:1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:2-10
Jeremiah Preaches before Jehoiakim. ( b. c. 590.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, 2 And say, Hear the word of the Lord , O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: 3 Thus saith the Lord ; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither… Read the whole commentary →